You're the cat's meow! ♥

 

 

Hi friends!

  You are absolutely PURR-fect! ♥

 

Today's the 9th of the month,

which means the 3 Musketeers {Barb, Jeanette and I}

will post cards from an image mailed out by the hostess ...

and this month it's me! :)

 

I chose this garden kitty image from Elzybells, 

one of my very, very, VERY favorite stamp companies of all time!

I haven't inked it up in years but it remains one of the treasured

stamps in my collection that will stay with me forever ♥

I cherish my Elzybells stamps so much!
They came all the way from England and I'd stalk my mailman
for weeks after I'd order the stamps ♥

I was heartbroken when Elizabeth (owner/designer of Elzybells)
 closed up shop but I was able to scoop up a many of the wooden stamps

before they were gone forever *smile!*

 

 
 

With my card designing, I start with chosing the papers first,

 then I chose a layout,

then color the image to match the dsp!

 I'm always in awe when I hear

folks say they color their image first,

because for me - I'd spend HOURS in the Cabana if I did that,

looking for papers to match what I'd just colored!

 

The inside of my card is the matching sentiment to this stamp,

and truly, in the garden of life,

friends help us blossom into the beautiful people that we are ♥

 

And, you may have noticed, I missed last month's 3M post :(

I'm in the doghouse for that, I'm sure.

Truth is, I can't find my card anywhere!

I'm not able to recreate as I goofed the other image but as soon as my card is found,

I'll be sure to post it.
Meanwhile, please stop by and see what Barb and Jeanette have made, too!

 

As always, thanks for stopping by!
I hope your day is absolute purr-fection :)

  

Big Hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Card submission:  Aud Sentiments (Animals & Sentiment!)
Time out Challenge:  Nature/Animal

*Flowers for you!*

Goodness gracious, it's a card! :)

 

This is an incredibly busy time for our family

 and I haven't had a chance to make a single thing, sadly.

 Our second daughter wrapping up her Senior year

 and all the trimmings that go with that ... college visits, auditions, dorm, decisions, finals, graduation!

 

And that's just one kid :)

 

 

 Today's card is my sample for my SOTC card group

and the theme with a 'new life' theme - that had me stumped!

  Since flowers were mentioned as a possibility,

 that's the direction I went with my card ...

flowers are always wonderful!

 

Here's the inside:

 

I scooped up the Tiddly Inks freebie for this week -

 isn't it the sweetest!

I colored/paired this one yellow and blue since this will go

 to one of my sisters-in-law

and it's her favorite color combination.

I've got quite a few more Mother's Day cards still to make -

including one for my own mom ♥

 

I'll enter this into the Tiddly Inks challenge this week -

flowers are always sweet to give and receive :)

I also followed an old Deconstructing Jen sketch #150 from the archives

that jumped out at me .... very inspiring!

 

  

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

card entered into:  Deep Blue Ocean - Flowers
 

*Fabulous Fun Flowers!*

Happy Friday!

It's my turn to post on the Just for Fun Stamps blog today

so I'm showing you the Trio of cards I made ~

I call them the Fall-Winter triplets! ♥

 

 

Using the fabulously fun Stamptangle Zen Flowers stamp,

I stamped it out (Momento) 3 times:

Using Oranges/yellows for Fall,

Reds/greens for the Holidays,

and Blues/silvery for the New Year/Winter!

 

 

Each card has a color coordinated piece of twine ~

pretty quick and easy

and great for cards being sent out to family, friends

even the teachers now that school is back in session :)

 

 

For Fall/Christmas, the flower is cut out twice and propped up on 3d foam

for added dimension and a little pop.

 

 

If you're on Facebook, we'd love for you to find
Just For Fun stamps and 'like' us ~

for upcoming releases, new stamps, and DT inspirations!

 

You can find this Stamptangle Zen Flower (G3752)

in the shop along with many others ~

you can find them all here :)

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big Hugs, Bigger Blessings!

~Kelly

A flower a day keeps the ...... snow away!

Hi there!  This has been a productive and crafty weekend for me - rare but exciting none-the-less :)  It's so hot here, even with the beach and pool visits we have been making, it's soooo much nicer to stay in and ink and color! :*)

I thought I'd share the card I made for the SOTC (card group on SCS) ~ our hostess this month is Maryann.  Bless her heart, Maryann has had her share of snow and more snow -  and asked us to create a card with flowers to bring out the sunshine!   I actually created one, totally CAS, and then read her requirements to include at least one embellishments, so in order to keep the CAS look, I added a dallop of ric-rac and some tiny pearls in pale yellow.

      

Here was the original: just a subtle difference, right?

I'm still trying my hand at creating new things this year.  You may remember from this post, it's my LINY year!  I absolutely fell in love with this card and wanted to CASE it, however, as you can see, that idea fell way through!  I'm not really happy with how this turned out, but I had good intentions :/ 

 I'm trying to embrace the crisp, CAS look of cards and have these wonderful ideas - then put them 'on paper' and it just falls flat ... no pun intended! :)  I thought Bridget's card was stunning in blue, but really wanted to use yellow - to represent sunshine and to make it cheery.  I also had fun playing with one of my old stamp sets again as per my crafting goals, like this one from SNSS from their February flower of the month (Iris) collection.  

The color combo at Dynamic Duos this week is to use green and yellow, so I'll go ahead and enter this card there ...  

and Cas-ual Fridays Challenge #108 asks for a CAS card with a swatch of any material - I used ric-rac on the card so I'll go ahead and enter this card to their challenge as well :)

Thanks for stopping by today ~ have a great rest of the weekend!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!

~Kelly

Crafters of Faith: Love!

Hello, dear friends :)  I pray you are all well ~ I've missed visiting you all and hope to catch up as soon as school finishes here (one more week!)   

I think for the first time ever, I can say that I am mentally and physically drained.  Tired, mojo-less, in desperate need of sleep!  Pastor talked lovingly the other day of our busy schedules and being distracted of that never ending, extra long "to do" list.  In a day, from sunrise to sunset, I'm here and there and everywhere in between with so much packed in, I can't imagine NOT having that list ... I'd be so lost!  There's not much more than 5 minutes that are not penciled in :/  And at the same time, we need to nurture our souls as well as our minds and hearts ~ finding that delicate balance between the two when so much needs to be done .... I am still working on that part :) 

Luckily, it's a beautiful time of the month to post the Crafters of Faith blogging group cards +  share our cards with a chosen theme by a hostess.

This month's hostess is the fabulous Jackie!

Here is her theme for us:

May Theme 

Hostess: Jackie 

"For God so loved the world; that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

This is my most favorite verse in the Bible. It speaks to me about love...a great love that will never end. How awesome!!! For the month of May; I would like you ladies to create something out of love. Interpret this anyway you want...it can be a fave stamp set; some of your fave embellishments, maybe even a project for a loved one. There's so many possibilities & I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

 Have fun & Happy Stamping

Thank you, Jackie!  We LOVE your theme!

For my card, I went all around on what I wanted to represent as love - 

my family, the ocean, the outdoors, cooking, reading, etc - the list goes on!
And in the end, this stamp LITERALLY landed in my lap as I went to reach for some flowers and I had to chuckle ...

Gives a whole new meaning to 'Lord, here my prayer!' :)

So this was the one ~

And do I LOVE Our Daily Bread stamps!

I also incorporated my other love of bright, vivid colors ...

I'm not a pastel girlie at all - the more color, the happier I am!

And of course, I LOVE buttons!!  Lots and lots of buttons!!

For the inside, I added a bit of washi tape - I have lots of washi

tape and thought it was time to start giving some of it a little craft time, too.

Whew, thanks for reading my rambling - I'm blessed by each of you

and know that even though I may not be able to stop by right now in this busy season of life, I'm thinking of you all and missing you muchly.

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!

~Kelly

/ Entered into:  WordArtWednesday:  Anything Goes
LexisCreations:  Focus on the sentiment
Sisterhood of Crafters:  Say it Loud!
MilkCoffee - Load on the flowers
AsYouLikeIt Challenge - Favorite Stamps (ODBD)
TotallyPaperCrafts - Anything Goes